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“I savored the miracle of bent able to watch him openly, to enjoy the play of dappled light on his limbs, the curving of his back as he dove beneath the water. Later, we lay on the riverbank, learning the lines of each other’s bodies and. This, and this and this. We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”